This is an analysis of the poem Imelda that begins with:
……………….Sometimes
The young forgot the lessons they had learnt,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXc Xd efefagag ffhh bibiejejkkaa llaa hmhdbbbnnbeXoo iibbaaaammpbpbccbbff ffhhffqqmmhhrsrsXb nngghhffhhccmmcc hhbbbbbiXiahhjjqq ibXbiihbhbff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,8,4,12,4,14,20,18,16,17,12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01 0101010111 11111111010 100010 101101011110 11 1101010111 0101010010 111011101 10010101001 11010010101 1100010001 0101011101 01110110111 1101110101 1111011101 10110010101 1011010111 1011010111 11111011001 1101010111 11011010101 11001111101 00110010001 1101010101 11110011101 10111101101 0111010011 1101000100 1011111101 10111111110 10011111110 1111010101 1101101011 111100101001 11010010101 0110010111 1101011101 1011110111 1001010111 1101110101 1001010101 1100010011 0111010101 1101111111 11010101110 1101010101 10010001101 1110011001 1001010101 1001011101 01110001001 1011010101 1011010101 0101011011 1001010111 110010100101 10010011001 0100111011 1111010001 1001010101 1100111001 11011000001 1101011111 0111010111 1001001101 110011100011 110101100101 1101111111 1011010101 1101010111 0111001101 1001011101 1111011110 10010101001 111111011 1001000111 1101110101 0101010101 111110101 11010011101 01011101111 1111111101 0101011111 1011110001 1101110111 0011111111 11001111101 11010101111 1111011101 1111111111 0111010111 0011011101 0101111101 1101111101 0011010111 1001011101 1101110101 0101110111 10010011101 1111110111 1011010111 1111010101 1101011101 1011011111 0101010101 1001010111 1111011101 101101 01110 10110001000 01010111110 1111010101 11110111111 1101000101 10010101001 1101011101 10010111001 1111010101 010100101010 1111010101 11110101100 1011011101 110010101010 11010111010 1111010111 10011100101 1111000101 1101110101 1111010111 10111100111
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 491
- Average number of words per stanza: 88
- Amount of lines: 132
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, they, her, had are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases speak, death connect the lines.
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- summary of Imelda;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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